Originally Posted by Bart

Not sure I understand the basis of the question. TSOs are not law enforcement officers. When it comes to situations that involve criminals, it is solely a police officer responsibility. I can't think of a situation when a TSO would be or should be involved dealing with a criminal.

Let me ask the flip side of the question: who do you trust to interpret an image on the x-ray machine? If you say you trust a police officer, then you're just being deliberately dishonest just to get a dig in on TSA.

I've yet to see an LEO who knew what he was looking at on the x-ray screen.